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Yesterday I went to see one of my favourite comedians, Daniel Sloss. I think this is about the 7th time I’ve seen him now? He’s definitely not for everyone as he swears (a lot) and pretty much nothing is off limits. He’s the only person I’ve seen that can make me laugh hysterically about people dying. Or in the case of his latest show, pedophiles. Definitely check him out, he’s great live. Here’s a link to him on Conan (link). The only disappointing thing is that he doesn’t have Kai with him anymore!

What’s made you smile this week?

Sunday Smiles is a weekly meme created by me at Tumbling into Wonderland Books. It runs every Sunday. Want to find out more or join in the fun? Check out the details here.

I had my Performance Management observation on Monday, which I was obviously dreading, but ended up having a brilliant observation! So that was a great start to the week.

It was my birthday on Friday and I was absolutely spoilt rotten. My parents got me a freaking helicopter ride! How incredible is that!?! We went out for drinks and my bestie came around.

Then yesterday we went to see Book of Mormon. I’ve been wanting to see it for ages but it has to be booked quite far in advance as it’s usually sold out. With very good reason. It was absolutely brilliant! It was not at all what I was expecting. It was hilarious and rude and crude.

What’s made you smile this week?

Sunday Smiles is a weekly meme created by me at Tumbling into Wonderland Books. It runs every Sunday. Want to find out more or join in the fun? Check out the details here.

Daz and I have officially been engaged for a year today! After being messed around a lot by our original plan, we finally booked our wedding this week! We cut our plans right back and we’re going to have a very small ceremony in March. Eeeeek!

What’s made you smile this week?

Sunday Smiles is a weekly meme created by me at Tumbling into Wonderland Books. It runs every Sunday. Want to find out more or join in the fun? Check out the details here.

Last Sunday I went to see my favourite band, Rise Against (Here’s a link to their song The Violence). They only come to the UK roughly every 3 years so I was incredibly excited. I’ve been to see them the past 3 times they’ve been here on tour, each time in Brixton and in standing (is there any other way?). I FINALLY got a hoody, so I’m very happy.

Taken from their Facebook page – O2 Academy Brixton

Yesterday we went to the icebar in London. It’s normally -5 in there but we were extra lucky and it was -7. brrr. It was a lot smaller than I expected but still really cool .Everything is made out of ice, including the cups you drink your cocktails in. It’s pretty cool, so if you’re stuck for ideas of what to do, go and check it out – I’m pretty sure you need to book in advance thought!

It’s been half term! Woo! I did absolutely no work this week, which has been absolute bliss but I’m definitely regretting it today. 5 hours later and I’m just about done!

We booked to go away to Edinburgh for a few days, which was very lovely – you can see everything I did here. Highlights were definitely cocktails and food at the Boozy Cow, seeing baby koalas, squirrel monkeys and pandas at the zoo, and the cannon going off at the castle.

What’s made you smile this week?

Sunday Smiles is a weekly meme created by me at Tumbling into Wonderland Books. It runs every Sunday. Want to find out more or join in the fun? Check out the details here.

You know how last week I said I had been naughty and bought a stupid amount of books? Well, I maaaay have done it again. I’m not even sorry. It was 3 for £10, how can you say no?

I bought Open Very Carefully andZog and the Flying Doctors for my class. I was also an idiot and went to buy The Lion Inside but accidentally clicked kindle, so now it’s no use to anyone 😦 I also bough Parsnips, Buttered : How to win at modern life one email at a time, The Light Between Oceans, Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime and The Hufflepuff Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Although I’ve bought a stupid amount of books I’ve actually done some reading this week! How Do Dinosaurs Play With Their Friends was not my best purchase, but that’ll teach me for not reading the children’s book before I buy it. I completed Parsnips, Buttered : How to win at modern life one email at a time by Joe Lycett, which was so so funny. I also read Saga and Fables (reviews on Thursday).

A child also made me stifle laughter when they randomly asked “Do you know what boozy means?” When I asked them if they did, they replied with “It means when you’re really really cozy.” How adorable is that?!

My friend’s child also seriously thinks babies are conceived by the man weeing on the bed and the lady sitting in the wee. I really hope they haven’t gone around telling their friends that!

What’s made you smile this week?

Sunday Smiles is a weekly meme created by me at Tumbling into Wonderland Books. It runs every Sunday. Want to find out more or join in the fun? Check out the details here.

I’ve been so naughty this week. I’ve bought a stupid amount of books even though I don’t have the time or space for them!

It didn’t take much persuading but I bought Blood for Blood because I liked the first book so much. I was looking for some good children’s books about friendships (If you know any, please throw your suggestions this way) and ended up buying two books. Then I accidentally bought Sarah Millican’s autobiography. I’m such a nosey moo and have started getting into autobiographies – mainly about female comedians. Yesterday we were in the Picaddily Waterstones and it would be rude not to buy a book from there, right? So Daz got the the first two Witcher graphic novels and I finally bought Saga.

My housemates both watch YouTubers playing video games (don’t ask me what ones, I have no idea….) In one of the videos they were telling each other facts to throw each other off. My house mates have been repeating some throughout the week. my personal favourites are;

Did you know a blue whales’ penis can be over 8ft long?

Did you know the ant eater has the largest penis to body size ratio?

Did you know 1/4 of your bones are in your feet?

What’s made you smile this week?

Sunday Smiles is a weekly meme created by me at Tumbling into Wonderland Books. It runs every Sunday. Want to find out more or join in the fun? Check out the details here.

This week I’ve been feeling rally sorry for myself. I’ve been ill. I hate being ill and I’m one of these people that pretends I’m not and power through. Seriously, i went to school with the flu and fell asleep before. So the fact that I had to have not one but TWO days off week this week was very frustrating. On the plus side I spend my day just sleeping, reading and having a bath – so it’s not all bad, right? I managed to finally read Wolf by Wolf which was incredible and I spend the evening gushing about it to my housemates – My review is due to go up on Thursday but to summarise it, if you haven’t read Wolf by Wolf , go and read it!

As it was payday, and I used up all my bath supplies having so many baths, I went a bit crazy in Lush and bought lots of lovely new ones. I particularly like Cheer Up Buttercup (it’s so zingy!)

I’m also really excited because I’ve finally been put on a place for Maths training. My Mr finds it weird that I’m so excited about this (and he’s head of Maths…).

What’s made you smile this week?

Sunday Smiles is a weekly meme created by me at Tumbling into Wonderland Books. It runs every Sunday. Want to find out more or join in the fun? Check out the details here.

I apologise that I’ve been absent for the past couple of weeks. I’ve been getting home from work and falling asleep at 7pm. I’ve not wanted to look at a book. I’ve certainly not wanted to have to think and write anything. All I’ve wanted is tea (I have a gorgeous golden caramel rooibos which I would highly recommend – buy here).

My Sunday Smiles

On the first day back at school we all join together in the hall for a whole school assembly to welcome everyone back. One of my little ones starts crying, so I beckon her out of the row and whisper “What’s wrong?”. Normally the child would whisper back. Not this little one. A loud as you can, in our silent hall, she announces “I miss my cat.”

We have crappy movie nights where we watch terrible movies and rip them to shred, or occasionally make drinking games out of them. I’m very reluctant to announce which movies these are as many of them a quite popular.We found this out when my housemates and I were telling our friends all about our evenings and it turned out all the films we were watching were favourites of one of our friends…. whoops. We would love any recommendations! As long as you can get them on Netflix.

I haven’t read a book in over a month, until today! I finally caved and bought Lily Collin’s book, which I’ve been eyeing up for a while. It’s not overly long but I’m still thrilled that I’ve managed to complete it, unlike most books recently.

What’s made you smile this week?

Sunday Smiles is a weekly meme created by me at Tumbling into Wonderland Books. It runs every Sunday. Want to find out more or join in the fun? Check out the details here.

This was my last week of the summer holidays so we tried to do lots of fun things (as well as prep work for going back to work). Of course we had to go into our schools to set up. My classroom has been decorated and is looking GORGEOUS 😀 It has a teal main teaching wall and I’ve made all the displays pink and yellow. In changing the layout of the room it makes it seem so much bigger! I can wait to see everyone’s faces when they come in! I also did a bit of shopping to buy lots of lovely things for my role play and classroom, including a teddy for them to take home each weekend. He’s called Aslan.

On Thursday we did a London Underground Treasure hunt (link to site). You have two hours to go around the tube solving different clues and getting photos. It was really hard but lots of fun. There were a great mix of questions including anagrams and brain teasers. You also had general point scoring things like getting a photo of someone with their dog, extra points if the dog looks like the owner, or getting a photo of 3+ people sitting on the tube smiling. The questions are different each time so if you’re thinking of doing it these probably won’t be the ones you do!

I also braved up and got my ears pierced. I got my second lobe done on both ears and a daith piercing. I’m not going to lie, they all bloody hurt. But I think they’re worth it. There’s a link between a daith piercing and reducing migraines, so fingers crossed!

My old housemate has recently moved back to London with her boyf so I got to see her for the first time in a year! So that made me very happy.

What’s made you smile this week?

Sunday Smiles is a weekly meme created by me at Tumbling into Wonderland Books. It runs every Sunday. Want to find out more or join in the fun? Check out the details here.